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Oh really? It seems that neither bribes, cutting off oil, or saying the US will pull an Iraq on the DPRK will slow them down. This is turning into a spectacular failure in foreign policy for all parties involved.

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All parties involved indeed, the DPRK''s non-compliance with various treaties is a direct result of the severing of all ties with the North when Bush came to office. Sure, Clinton made this all possible by not pushing them around enough but the direct lead-in to this crisis was ending sunshine politics.

A nice little analytical piece from the BBC. I forsee China Having a Quiet word with North Korea as any War with the South will directly affect Chinas security(and probably adversly affect it''s economy). I don''t think China are particularly impressed with North Korea''s posturing and heightening of tensions in the region.

A nice little analytical piece from the BBC. I forsee China Having a Quiet word with North Korea as any War with the South will directly affect Chinas security(and probably adversly affect it''s economy). I don''t think China are particularly impressed with North Korea''s posturing and heightening of tensions in the region.

China does not want nuclear weapons in the hands of Japan, SK, and Taiwan. That''s their big interest.

Yes but I could see China quietly threaten N.Korea militarily or offer the US any intelligence they may have on N.Korea or the Yongbyong reactor in an effort to shut it down. After all as Ulairi pointed out China don''t want anyone around their having nukes much less threatening to use them.